Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-08 | Page 3 | Explosion Toll may Reach 64

EXPLOSION TOLL II JEflCH I4j Of 700 Buildings at New I Jersey Plant 325 Arc De- stroyed in Blast. J'i;UTII am i jo v. n. J., Oct. 7. Six I y-four y-four niiMi arc jnlhliig and ''. of tiie i 00 buildings of Hie T. A. ;illfiwft I).tdln coiiij).i ny jdaiit .it Morgan, N. J., w kit di'-it i oyed in the fire and epto-noni which hcpt the big hhell Victory on I'Vblay and S.tturd.t ', iiccordhi to an official t it lenient le-nient by Tiiom.'iH A, 'itllistiie, jiroident ' of i be cnrporatloif,' here tnis afternoon, i Mr. (iilleHple announced thiil lecoiiMtrui- Hon of Hie Jiuge jdaiit had already Icon M;rted. ThA f ir.-it ex plimlou, accord I ucr to rlie j Mat: in a ht, occurred about 7:1') o'clock i l'Vld:iy nlKht in the No, I unit nf the hix-Itli hix-Itli II ttin-ll plant, where f o enty -si men w - re at work. Twelve of thcni;, Including hvu t'lverniMfiit iiiMpi I'torn, are acctntnted tor. remainder, plxll'-four, are iiiIhm- tng. Lc!h than ililh it U in bur of bodies lia a been H-covered. "Ml the available rvldencA," t Mr. ;illenple. "plntn to the Initial c-piOrioim ImvliiK occni rel tn one of the ,re ular operation tooihh In which the K.5 inili-nieti-r loaded ah el In are ha lulled umkr etabltHhed ntethodH which itave lA-n In In thlH idant, wniiout ai.cid. n t, fjr over three montht. "Any ninre definite Informa f ion nn to 1 1 1 a oi i g 1 1 ia I ca una t h p u rely a ma t ' e v n f conject in e. one of the pohMibilitlea beiii.-Hii beiii.-Hii Inadvertent act on the art of our of the operator, ( ri-ik of thin eharaeter being be-ing unavoidable P ith an operation of this kind." Mr. (JiUesple nn id the spread of the fire and the Hubjwpieiit explosions were due In exploding rhtdli and that the main Moragu area, of th plant, including lite priix lpal inagaziiieq loHted at fuitank-iiflancAR fuitank-iiflancAR liom tbo operating plrnt area " w ere not Involv cd n any way." L'elay In making the official statement, w;. F.t Id hv Mr. ;iliepif, to have ben 1ue to "incipient fires following tiiA principal prin-cipal explopion," w h:ch were beir.g fought today. SUGGEST INDEFINITE DAYLIGHT SAVING WASHINGTON", Oct. 7. Indefinite continuation con-tinuation of t lie "daylight saving" time schedule is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Calder of New York, with the Indorsement of Chairman Rarueh of the war industries board, who believes daylight saving should continue-as a coal consenn tlon measure. Under the present pres-ent law all timepieces will be turned back an hour on October 27.